The governor on my Titan T-51 seems to be a definite weak point, probably because it shares oil with the gearbox and gets gummed up with metal dust.
Anyway, my tentative solution is to treat it like a ground adjustable prop and set the pitch at a midpoint pitch.
My question is whether my thinking is correct, that being IF I reinstall the governor, the fastest I should fly is the speed at which the prop will not overspeed if it suddenly reverts to fine pitch.
In that situation the governor will just be to allow lower rpm and thus less fuel consumption while it is working. When it fails I'll just have to slow down.
Does this make sense? I'm new to aviation so I'm likely missing something.
Thanks
Jim
Anyway, my tentative solution is to treat it like a ground adjustable prop and set the pitch at a midpoint pitch.
My question is whether my thinking is correct, that being IF I reinstall the governor, the fastest I should fly is the speed at which the prop will not overspeed if it suddenly reverts to fine pitch.
In that situation the governor will just be to allow lower rpm and thus less fuel consumption while it is working. When it fails I'll just have to slow down.
Does this make sense? I'm new to aviation so I'm likely missing something.
Thanks
Jim